Vitaliano Casalone, Presidente of Inspired Italia, commented: “Inspired is renowned across the world as the go-to provider for Virtual Sports – our products are the most lifelike and innovative on the market, plus they drive substantial incremental revenues.

"The player reception in Italy to our Virtual Sports has been phenomenal - 25% of all bets in Italy are now on our Virtual Sports and we are confident that this will continue to grow following the launch of our Virtual Sports on Betclic.it.”

Inspired currently supplies around 95 per cent of the land-based, online and mobile Virtual Sports in Italy, a market worth approximately €1bn annually.